N-Scale 02/2018: Fleischmann, Minitrix, NOCH, Schoenwitz

Precise scale reproduction of the building in the Lower Rhine Open-Air Museum in Grefrath in the district of Viersen. In cooperation with the open-air museum Grefrath, Modellbahn Union is building the buildings of the museum authentically as 1:87 and 1:16 scale models.

One of the most important cultivated plants of the Lower Rhine region was flax. The flax seeds were used to make oil and the fibers of the plant were used to spin linen. Until the fibers could be spun to fabric many things had to be done, among them drying the stem of the plant. This was either done in a bakehouse, in which the flax was laid into the oven after baking, or in a specially built flaxkiln. Since the fire danger was very high in the surrounding area of the farms, it was ruled in the middle of the 18th century that the flax was only allowed to be dried if it there was a sufficient distance to the residential buildings.

The flaxkiln of the castle Dorenburg was constructed in the 19th century. After its original usage it was transformed into a bakehouse and later into a store-house. The former ovens at the side were removed. At the beginning of the 19th century the much cheaper cotton reached the market of the Lower Rhine region and thereby replaced linen weaving more and more. Due to the consistently evolving industrialization of the textile production, the handlooms and the spinning wheels disappeared and the flax fields with them.

Did you know that…… in the past the people made fabric out of a blue fLower? This fLower is called flax and from its stem one could make a threat for spinning after preparing the stem in many steps. One of the steps was to dry the stems in ovens. In this area people have a special word for drying, they say “darren”. That is why this little building is called “Flachsdarre” in German, or flaxkiln in English.

The highly detailed parts are made of resin in the 3D printing process and are delivered unpainted. The accessories can be processed and painted with standard tools and colors (eg with Revell Email or Revell Aqua Color).

The highly detailed parts are made of resin in the 3D printing process and are delivered unpainted. The accessories can be processed and painted with standard tools and colors (eg with Revell Email or Revell Aqua Color).

Sound variant of the new shape BR 82 of the DB # 40100. With the factory-installed sound decoder, which masters the DCC data formats with RailComPlus®, Motorola®, Selectrix® and M4, the BR 82 tender locomotive has achieved an innovative implementation as a sound locomotive. The loudspeaker is tuned to the BR 82 and allows a powerful sound. Many loktypische noises such as steam noise, whistle, and other functions are individually retrievable. Sound is also possible in analog mode - only steam noise. Technically constructive corresponds the model # 40100.

In our DM-Toys blog by Jürgen Plack there are more interesting photos and information about the locomotive!

Electric locomotive series 182 of the Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG). Epoch VI. Rich detailing on the model that features 2 pantographs, triple headlights and 2 red LED tail lights. Motor with flywheel. Drive on all four axles, two of them have traction tyres. Digital interface according to NEM 651 standards for the adaptation of a decoder. Coupler pocket according to NEM 355 standards and close coupling mechanism. The model has an on-printed train destination display.

The model has a built-in load sensing digital decoder and sound true to the original from factory.

The model has an on-printed train destination display.

Motor with flywheel. Rich detailing on the model that features 2 pantographs, triple headlights and 2 red LED tail lights that change with the direction of travel. Coupler pocket according to NEM 355 standards and close coupling mechanism.

The model is equipped with a built-in load sensing digital decoder and true to original sound functions.

Model in true to the original livery and lettering. In-plane applied windows. Metal die-cast chassis. Motor with flywheel. Drive on 4 axles. Two traction tyres.

Interface according to NEM 651 standards for digital decoder adaptation. Close coupling according to NEM 355 standards. Red and white LED light changeover that can be switched with the direction of traves. A closed locomotive front skirt is included in the package.

The RailAway is a daughter company of the Swiss Federal Railways and plans, organizes and distributes mainly low-cost leisure offers for railway tourism.

500 years of Reformation. Monastery complex based on the original model of the built in the 15th century, former Benedictine monastery and today's Protestant seminary of Blaubeuren, Württemberg. To the nave of the hall church »St. John the Baptist, with a crossing tower, polygonal apse and late Gothic tracery windows, is followed by a three-winged, two-storey, half-timbered complex of buildings in late Gothic style: residential and sleeping tracts on the east side, guest wing in the south wing and the abbey in the west wing.

The SR24 model train oil is very good for cleaning and as a steam oil, with SR24 cleaned moving parts should be re-oiled after treatment.

SR24 can be used as a rail cleaning oil. Just put the SR24 on a rag and clean the tracks with it. Similarly, SR24 can also be used as cleaning fluid in a rail cleaning cart. Even in an ultrasonic bath with SR24, individual parts can be cleaned gently, the plastic parts are not attacked.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.

Quality cable from a German manufacturer. Supplied on a sturdy plastic bobbin. This cable has already proven itself many times. It has excellent processing properties and is ideal for use in the modeling industry, eg for wiring LEDs or locomotive decoders.